Board for developers
Hi there,
just interested do we have a place where developers could post
their availability for contract work ?
For example, I and Teodor will be available soon
for contract work and we prefer to work on postgres-related projects,
mostly from our todo list. I'd like to post this list somewhere, so
companies could evaluate it.
Regards,
Oleg
_____________________________________________________________
Oleg Bartunov, Research Scientist, Head of AstroNet (www.astronet.ru),
Sternberg Astronomical Institute, Moscow University, Russia
Internet: oleg@sai.msu.su, http://www.sai.msu.su/~megera/
phone: +007(495)939-16-83, +007(495)939-23-83
Hi there,
just interested do we have a place where developers could post
their availability for contract work ?For example, I and Teodor will be available soon
for contract work and we prefer to work on postgres-related projects,
mostly from our todo list. I'd like to post this list somewhere, so
companies could evaluate it.
A page on the developer wiki makes sense to me...
/Magnus
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On Mon, 17 Dec 2007, Magnus Hagander wrote:
Hi there,
just interested do we have a place where developers could post
their availability for contract work ?For example, I and Teodor will be available soon
for contract work and we prefer to work on postgres-related projects,
mostly from our todo list. I'd like to post this list somewhere, so
companies could evaluate it.A page on the developer wiki makes sense to me...
The question is how it's visible to companies ?
/Magnus
Regards,
Oleg
_____________________________________________________________
Oleg Bartunov, Research Scientist, Head of AstroNet (www.astronet.ru),
Sternberg Astronomical Institute, Moscow University, Russia
Internet: oleg@sai.msu.su, http://www.sai.msu.su/~megera/
phone: +007(495)939-16-83, +007(495)939-23-83
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On Mon, 17 Dec 2007 20:24:15 +0300 (MSK)
Oleg Bartunov <oleg@sai.msu.su> wrote:
On Mon, 17 Dec 2007, Magnus Hagander wrote:
Hi there,
just interested do we have a place where developers could post
their availability for contract work ?For example, I and Teodor will be available soon
for contract work and we prefer to work on postgres-related
projects, mostly from our todo list. I'd like to post this list
somewhere, so companies could evaluate it.A page on the developer wiki makes sense to me...
The question is how it's visible to companies ?
This really doesn't belong on -hackers... :).
Can we move it to -www?
Sincerely,
Joshua D. Drake
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Sales/Support: +1.503.667.4564 24x7/Emergency: +1.800.492.2240
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Oleg Bartunov wrote:
On Mon, 17 Dec 2007, Magnus Hagander wrote:
Hi there,
just interested do we have a place where developers could post
their availability for contract work ?For example, I and Teodor will be available soon
for contract work and we prefer to work on postgres-related projects,
mostly from our todo list. I'd like to post this list somewhere, so
companies could evaluate it.A page on the developer wiki makes sense to me...
The question is how it's visible to companies ?
[moving to -www, per JDs not-too-incorrect idea]
Should be. That's where you'd go if you want dev stuff, and search
engines would index it. If there's a lot of demand for it, we could add
a link directly from /developer/ on the main site, but let's see how
many people end up registering there first.
//Magnus
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On Mon, 17 Dec 2007 19:08:59 +0100
Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net> wrote:
Should be. That's where you'd go if you want dev stuff, and search
engines would index it. If there's a lot of demand for it, we could
add a link directly from /developer/ on the main site, but let's see
how many people end up registering there first.
I have some reservations for this idea.
How do we screen who is allowed to put there name up there?
Are we going to allow just anybody up there?
Why aren't we just putting this under professional services?
Is this a Contributor only thing?
What about companies who have cycles for development?
Sincerely,
Joshua D. Drake
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Sales/Support: +1.503.667.4564 24x7/Emergency: +1.800.492.2240
Donate to the PostgreSQL Project: http://www.postgresql.org/about/donate
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Oleg Bartunov wrote:
On Mon, 17 Dec 2007, Magnus Hagander wrote:
Hi there,
just interested do we have a place where developers could post
their availability for contract work ?For example, I and Teodor will be available soon
for contract work and we prefer to work on postgres-related projects,
mostly from our todo list. I'd like to post this list somewhere, so
companies could evaluate it.A page on the developer wiki makes sense to me...
The question is how it's visible to companies ?
We already have the pgsql-jobs mailing list. It's normally used for
postings of job positions, but I think this would also be suitable
there. Not sure how much visibility that has.
--
Heikki Linnakangas
EnterpriseDB http://www.enterprisedb.com
On Dec 17, 2007 3:23 PM, Heikki Linnakangas <heikki@enterprisedb.com> wrote:
Oleg Bartunov wrote:
On Mon, 17 Dec 2007, Magnus Hagander wrote:
just interested do we have a place where developers could post
their availability for contract work ?For example, I and Teodor will be available soon
for contract work and we prefer to work on postgres-related projects,
mostly from our todo list. I'd like to post this list somewhere, so
companies could evaluate it.A page on the developer wiki makes sense to me...
The question is how it's visible to companies ?
We already have the pgsql-jobs mailing list. It's normally used for
postings of job positions, but I think this would also be suitable
there. Not sure how much visibility that has.
Personally, I think Josh is right in terms of using community
resources to promote developers, beyond what's already there.
Unfortunately the jobs list is better suited for people offering jobs,
not job seekers. Maybe an expansion of the developer section of the
web page might be a good place to indirectly make contact.
If you are looking for consulting work, I would suggest moving your
page to a more of a blog type format, and publish at least
semi-regularly.
Make sure your feed is picked up on postgresql.org, of course :-).
Contract work I know very little about. I suspect it is going to
depend on how well you can leverage your personal contacts. Many
companies are nervous outsourcing DBA work (and in my experience there
is lots of high paying work out there, at least in the U.S.) because
better suited to a long term position.
Being famous as part of the brains behind GIST is certainly something.
Relentless self promotion helps :-).
merlin
On Mon, 17 Dec 2007, Merlin Moncure wrote:
On Dec 17, 2007 3:23 PM, Heikki Linnakangas <heikki@enterprisedb.com> wrote:
Oleg Bartunov wrote:
On Mon, 17 Dec 2007, Magnus Hagander wrote:
just interested do we have a place where developers could post
their availability for contract work ?For example, I and Teodor will be available soon
for contract work and we prefer to work on postgres-related projects,
mostly from our todo list. I'd like to post this list somewhere, so
companies could evaluate it.A page on the developer wiki makes sense to me...
The question is how it's visible to companies ?
We already have the pgsql-jobs mailing list. It's normally used for
postings of job positions, but I think this would also be suitable
there. Not sure how much visibility that has.Personally, I think Josh is right in terms of using community
resources to promote developers, beyond what's already there.
Unfortunately the jobs list is better suited for people offering jobs,
not job seekers. Maybe an expansion of the developer section of the
web page might be a good place to indirectly make contact.
I think this is the best place. Wiki is a good place for todo and proposals,
not for companies.
If you are looking for consulting work, I would suggest moving your
page to a more of a blog type format, and publish at least
semi-regularly.Make sure your feed is picked up on postgresql.org, of course :-).
Contract work I know very little about. I suspect it is going to
depend on how well you can leverage your personal contacts. Many
companies are nervous outsourcing DBA work (and in my experience there
is lots of high paying work out there, at least in the U.S.) because
better suited to a long term position.Being famous as part of the brains behind GIST is certainly something.
Relentless self promotion helps :-).
It looks like most developers are already employed. Some of them have
full-time postgres-related position and they don't needed any promotion,
others could work on small projects in spare time only and also don't
interested in such promotion.
Our situation is different, we have involved into many postgres-related
projects, some of them rather popular and we have permanent pressure
from users to improve, extend, support our products. We also have our
Todo list (http://www.sai.msu.su/~megera/wiki/todo), we'd happy to work on,
instead of working on some weird contract work. I'm sure there are companies,
which need K-neighbourhood search or better GIN update, but how let them
know this is doable and developers are waiting for suppport :)
Probably, it should be done in a more friendly form.
Regards,
Oleg
_____________________________________________________________
Oleg Bartunov, Research Scientist, Head of AstroNet (www.astronet.ru),
Sternberg Astronomical Institute, Moscow University, Russia
Internet: oleg@sai.msu.su, http://www.sai.msu.su/~megera/
phone: +007(495)939-16-83, +007(495)939-23-83
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On Tue, 18 Dec 2007 12:09:28 +0300 (MSK)
Oleg Bartunov <oleg@sai.msu.su> wrote:
Our situation is different, we have involved into many
postgres-related projects, some of them rather popular and we have
permanent pressure from users to improve, extend, support our
products. We also have our Todo list
(http://www.sai.msu.su/~megera/wiki/todo), we'd happy to work on,
instead of working on some weird contract work. I'm sure there are
Speaking as the PostgreSQL Liaison, I would rather have you contact me
about how long of a time you would be available and based on that time
a quantity of TODO items that you feel you could complete in that time.
Based on that I *might* be able to raise some money from our corporate
sponsors to allow you to remain productive in the community for the
community.
I know that CMD would participate and although I am being presumptuous
I pretty sure EDB is also a no brainer.
Sincerely,
Joshua D. Drake
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The PostgreSQL Company: Since 1997, http://www.commandprompt.com/
Sales/Support: +1.503.667.4564 24x7/Emergency: +1.800.492.2240
Donate to the PostgreSQL Project: http://www.postgresql.org/about/donate
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